A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was detected on Saturday, 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Port-Olry in Vanuatu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 157.75 km (98 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 167.2523 East, latitude -14.8942 South, depth = 157.75 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 16/11/24 / 2024-11-16 15:44:02 / November 16, 2024 @ 3:44 pm. The temblor was reported at 15:44:02 / 3:44 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000ns6f. Unique identifier: us7000ns6f. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Luganville (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Vanuatu (c. 222 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the event was 70 km (44 miles) from Luganville (c. 13 400 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 25 km NE of Port-Olry, Vanuatu.
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